A500 memory expansions in CDTV

mk1 · 01 April 2009, 09:09

Hi,

as it seems Vesalia has sold out all it's CDTV memory expansions and they don't pop up on eBay that often I was wondering if there's any way of knowing which A500 memory expansions will work with the CDTV.

I suppose the trapdoor ones are ruled out as there's no trapdoor in the CDTV, but what's left then? Anything else one should be aware of when buying one?

mr.vince · 01 April 2009, 10:26

you might want to buy directly from elbox BUT:

i bought one two months ago myself. it fits into the cpu socket, with the original cpu then fitted to the board, ontop. unfortunately elbox seems to have change the design which makes the card to high to fit in there with the lid closed. in other words: the lid will bulge when you close it, applying direct pressure on the mainboard via the cpu socket.

i was told that older expansion cards did fit, but i heard of a second new one that does not. i did not want to wait, and needed some more soldering practice, so i desoldered the socket on the card to solder the cpu in there directly. this should save me about 2-3 mm which might be enough. still not an option if you just want to buy it + the fact that one can expect a ready made expansion to fit without bulging the lid. and: i am not sure if i broke anything while desoldering the socket that was on there, quite an ugly thing to do...

but anyway... as long as no one does a new design, you have to go for the used bigram expansions by w.a.w. electronics when they pop up on epay.

mk1 · 01 April 2009, 11:22

ok, thanks for the tip. what boards are these elbox ones exactly? could you please name the model or something similar?

alexh · 01 April 2009, 11:46

The ones Vesalia were selling were Elbox ones.

Elbox CDTV/2
Elbox CDTV/8

mk1 · 01 April 2009, 12:28

Ah right, sorry. Good to know you can buy them directly from Elbox too although now I'm sure I want one anymore based on what mr. vince said.

So back to the topic, which A500 might do the job?

alexh · 01 April 2009, 16:53

No-one will know if it suffers from the same problem as newer elbox CDTV memory cards (i.e. too tall).

01 April 2009, 09:09	#1
mk1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Helsinki / Finland Posts: 403	A500 memory expansions in CDTV Hi, as it seems Vesalia has sold out all it's CDTV memory expansions and they don't pop up on eBay that often I was wondering if there's any way of knowing which A500 memory expansions will work with the CDTV. I suppose the trapdoor ones are ruled out as there's no trapdoor in the CDTV, but what's left then? Anything else one should be aware of when buying one?

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01 April 2009, 10:26	#2
mr.vince Cheesy crust Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hawk's Creek Age: 48 Posts: 1,383	you might want to buy directly from elbox BUT: i bought one two months ago myself. it fits into the cpu socket, with the original cpu then fitted to the board, ontop. unfortunately elbox seems to have change the design which makes the card to high to fit in there with the lid closed. in other words: the lid will bulge when you close it, applying direct pressure on the mainboard via the cpu socket. i was told that older expansion cards did fit, but i heard of a second new one that does not. i did not want to wait, and needed some more soldering practice, so i desoldered the socket on the card to solder the cpu in there directly. this should save me about 2-3 mm which might be enough. still not an option if you just want to buy it + the fact that one can expect a ready made expansion to fit without bulging the lid. and: i am not sure if i broke anything while desoldering the socket that was on there, quite an ugly thing to do... but anyway... as long as no one does a new design, you have to go for the used bigram expansions by w.a.w. electronics when they pop up on epay.

01 April 2009, 11:22	#3
mk1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Helsinki / Finland Posts: 403	ok, thanks for the tip. what boards are these elbox ones exactly? could you please name the model or something similar?

01 April 2009, 11:46	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	The ones Vesalia were selling were Elbox ones. Elbox CDTV/2 Elbox CDTV/8

01 April 2009, 12:28	#5
mk1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Helsinki / Finland Posts: 403	Ah right, sorry. Good to know you can buy them directly from Elbox too although now I'm sure I want one anymore based on what mr. vince said. So back to the topic, which A500 might do the job?

01 April 2009, 16:53	#6
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	No-one will know if it suffers from the same problem as newer elbox CDTV memory cards (i.e. too tall).

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